God Is Not Great

Now reading: God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by author and journalist Christopher Hitchens.

In the book, Hitchens contends that religion is "violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism, tribalism, and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry, contemptuous of women and coercivetoward children." Hitchens supports his position with a mixture of personal stories, documented historical anecdotes and critical analysis of religious texts. His commentary focuses mainly on theAbrahamic religions, although he also touches on other religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism.